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Government

Oct. 27, 2004

OUTSIDE COUNSEL FEES

LOS ANGELES - The Los Angeles city attorney's annual litigation costs have skyrocketed in the past three years, under the leadership of Rocky Delgadillo, according to a report issued Monday by the city's chief legislative analyst and the city administrator.

LOS ANGELES - The Los Angeles city attorney's annual litigation costs have skyrocketed in the past three years, under the leadership of Rocky Delgadillo, according to a report issued Monday by the city's chief legislative analyst and the city administrator.
        The city spent $14.2 million on outside lawyers in fiscal year 1999-2000. In 2001, the year Delgadillo took office, the city spent $18.7 million on outside lawyers. By the...

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